• DocumentCode
    2875496
  • Title

    Self-diffraction of a femto-second Laguerre-Gaussian beam in a dye polymer

  • Author

    Noda, Taiga ; Hagiwara, Jun ; Omatsu, Takashige ; Loiseaux, Brigitte ; Bourderionnet, Jerome ; Huignard, Jean Pierre

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. & Image Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated self-diffraction of femto-second Laguerre Gaussian modes for the first time. Experimental diffraction efficiency of ~9% was obtained. Addition of angular momentum was also seen in diffraction beam.
  • Keywords
    light diffraction; multiwave mixing; optical polymers; diffraction beam; dye polymer; femto-second Laguerre-Gaussian beam; self-diffraction; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Polymers; Pulse amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; (140.3300) Laser beam shaping; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (320.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628503
  • Filename
    4628503